Washington, May 30.
The position of the United States regarding Palestine is expounded in letters sent today by the Department of State to various members of Congress.
The letters, according to officials, make it clear that the American attitude has remained unchanged since the statement of Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, of October 18, 1938, The Government, it is added, is mot in a position to insist that Palestine be maintained as a national home for Jews, and no formal protest can be made as long as American rights specified in the Convention of 1934 are protected.
In his statement last October, Mr. Hull, in commenting on a protest from the pro-Arab Palestine Defence Society against Ameríca's "interference" in Palestine, declared that the State Department would take all necessary measures for the protection of American rights and interests in
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